: A file may appear clean in a basic virus scan but still contain obfuscated payloads that bypass traditional detection.
In 2020-2021, TNT-distributed CleanMyMac copies were found to contain hidden cryptocurrency miners (specifically Monero). The malware would activate when the CPU was idle, stealing processing power, causing overheating, reduced battery life, and increased fan noise. Because the malware masked its process name to look like kernel_task or mdworker , users rarely noticed.
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: A file may appear clean in a basic virus scan but still contain obfuscated payloads that bypass traditional detection.
In 2020-2021, TNT-distributed CleanMyMac copies were found to contain hidden cryptocurrency miners (specifically Monero). The malware would activate when the CPU was idle, stealing processing power, causing overheating, reduced battery life, and increased fan noise. Because the malware masked its process name to look like kernel_task or mdworker , users rarely noticed. CleanMyMac-X-4.10.0--TNT.dmg